FROM:
Administrative Services
SUBJECT:
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FY 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program Award (EMPG)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
1. Accept the FY 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant in the amount of $23,197.
2. Authorize the Emergency Services Coordinator to sign all related grant documents including extensions or modifications for the grant; and expend funds as outlined in the grant agreement.
3. Approve the City’s in-kind match of $23,197.
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COUNCIL GOALS:
• Improve public safety by minimizing impacts from disasters through emergency and disaster preparedness.
• Practice sound fiscal management by pursing grant opportunities.
DISCUSSION:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, provides financial assistance under the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program to support local emergency management capabilities. The program is administered in California by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and sub-granted to local jurisdictions through the San Bernardino County Office of Emergency Services. Individual allocations are determined by the County based on population and other programmatic factors established by Cal OES.
The City of Fontana has been awarded $23,197 in FY 2024 EMPG funds. The grant requires a 50 percent (1:1) local match, which will be met through the City’s existing emergency management staff time.
The funding will be used to purchase emergency training equipment to enhance community preparedness outreach as part of the City’s Emergency Management Program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact associated with the approval of this item is $23,197 for the grant award and $23,197 in in-kind contributions and is included in the 2025-26 current budget in Project #20000001-301-B.
MOTION:
Approve staff recommendation.